iPhone 5 could feature 8MP Sony image sensors

But could mean a delay

Shares

Comments from Sony's CEO suggest that the iPhone 5's image sensor could be an 8MP Sony-made affair.

Speaking at a live Wall Street Journal event, Sir Howard Stringer was talking about the company's camera image sensor facility in Sendai, a town that was recently ravaged by the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

According to 9to5Mac, he said something along the lines of, "Our best sensor technology is built in one of the [tsunami] affected factories. Those go to Apple for their iPhones… or iPads. Isn't that something? They buy our best sensors from us."

Isn't that something?

That is something. Especially since Apple hasn't actually used Sony sensors to date; a fact which has prompted speculation that we'll see an 8MP Sony image sensor hit the iPhone 5.